My Digital Photography of Flowers and Plants

This subject matter is a bit easier to work with than most living things I choose to photograph.  At least they don't move on their own!  I love the way you can see so much detail, like the little pollen grains on the stamens.  If you enjoy animals and nature, you might also like my photographs of Insects and Spiders,  Saugatuck Dunes and other Wooded Scenes, and Wildlife on the Huron River.  There are also pictures of some unique animals on my Pets Page.

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2008 Photography

Wind-carried Seed, September 6, 2008

Coriopsis, July 30, 2008

Coriopsis and Butterfly Bush Close-ups, July 14, 2008

Lily, Yucca and Rose, July 5, 2008

Sweet Pea, June 17, 2008

Coriopsis, June 14, 2008

There is only one photo because I was actually warming up to take some insect and spider photos on this flower.  Click the names of the creatures below to see them photographed on coriopsis flowers.

Baby Jumping Spiders          Ladybug          Firefly

Prayer Plant, June 3, 2008

When I was 8 years old, I gave a prayer plant to my grandma for her birthday one year.  She kept it alive for many years.  When she had to go into assisted living 6-7 years ago, she gave me the plant back.  It is now about 25 years old!!!  It is my favorite houseplant.  Each day, it opens with the sun and closes its leaves up at night (hence the name prayer plant).  I also love how it changes with the seasons.  Each winter, most of its leaves become dry and brownish and dead-looking.  In springtime, brand new leaves come up from the soil in tightly rolled tubes that uncurl, revealing a fresh, new leaf.  I love watching all the tubes sprouting up.  After it gets its new leaves for the season, it flowers.  Each flower is tiny, with the largest petal measuring a mere 3/8" long!  I don't have any photos of the whole plant because I was using my macro lens at the time to photograph a mayfly on its flowers.

Flowering Crab Tree, May 5 and 6, 2008

On May 5th, I decided to take some photos of the flowering crab tree in front of my home, this time in the dark with a flash.  The first set of cool-toned photos are from my Minolta D'Image 7Hi.  The second set are from a Sony DSC-W55 (this one has better focusing capability in the dark with its infrared sensor).

On May 6th, I photographed the tree again in the daylight with the Minolta.

Orchid, April 29, 2008

I gave this orchid to my grandmother for her birthday last year, but she told me to keep it instead.  I have never owned an orchid before, but I read about its care and hoped that it would bloom again the following year.  It did!  I took a few pictures here, but I was more interested in using it as a backdrop for photographing a couple of my favorite jumping spiders, Mr. Greenfangs and Tufts.  Click here to see Tufts on the orchid.  Click here to see Mr. Greenfangs.

2007 Photography

Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber), September 25, 2007 I grew these this year with some seeds I planted last fall.  Click here to read the story explaining where I obtained the seeds.         Coriopsis, June 15, 2007 These flowers grow in clumps in my backyard.  My mom gave them to me years ago.  These photos are just of the centers of the flowers.  I was taking some test shots in preparation to photograph a weevil.       Flowering Crab Tree, April 30, 2007 This tree is in my front yard.  Not all photos are perfectly in focus, but I included them for their artistic value.

 

 

2006 Photography

Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber), September 29, 2006 These unusual fruits were discovered by my dad while hunting for wild mushrooms.  Neither of us has ever seen anything like them, but after some research, I found out they were wild cucumbers (not too good to eat though).  They're like mini-watermelons with spikes.  They're only about 1 1/2 inches long.  After a couple days of setting out, one of them split open, revealing four black seeds.  I planted the seeds in different locations in my backyard.  One of them grew!  Click here to see it.

Peace Lily, April 14, 2006. This lily is special to me because when my uncle died, this was one of the plants from his funeral.  I am usually not very good at keeping plants alive, but I have managed to maintain this one for almost four years.  This is the nicest flower it has ever produced.  Unfortunately, I think Darwin's tail made a small tear in the petal.

Daisy-like flowers, April 15, 2006

Sun Star Flowers, April 15, 2006

Orchid, April 15, 2006

Orchid, April 15, 2006

Daffodil, April 15, 2006 Photographed at dusk

Oriental Lily, April 18, 2006

2005 Photography

Columbine flowers of two varieties, May 2005

Gladiola, May 2005

Clematis flower, 9-7-05

Flowering Thistle, 2005

Lilypad flower, 2005 (also pictured on Wildlife on the Huron River Page)

2003-2004 Photography

Hibiscus flowers, 2003

Extreme Close-up of flowering thistle, 2004

Toad lily, 2004

Center of a zinnia, 2004

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